American Taylor Fritz qualified for the final match of the men's singles tournament in the Stockholm Tennis Championship, following his semi-final victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Fritz, ranked first in the tournament and ranked fourth in the world, succeeded in defeating Musetti, ranked third in the tournament and 25th in the world, in two sets to reach the final.
The American player defeated his Italian opponent 6-4, 6-2 to qualify for the final.
In the final, Fritz will face Argentine Thiago Augustin Terante.
Tirante defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabello, ranked fourth in the tournament, in two sets to no response.
Tiranti, ranked 51st in the world, succeeded in pulling off a surprise victory over Tabelo, ranked 31st in the world, in two unanswered sets, 7-5 and 7-6.
The final match will be held on Saturday between Fritz and Tiranti.
The UAE national team achieved a 3-1 friendly victory over its Honduran counterpart in a match held on Friday at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Khalifa Al Hammadi scored the first goal for the UAE in the 33rd minute, then Borno Conceicao added a second goal in the 48th minute, before the Honduras national team reduced the gap with the first goal scored by Jonas Toro in the 52nd minute.
In the 87th minute, substitute Mohammed Jumaa scored a third goal to complete the friendly UAE victory with three goals.
The UAE national team finished runner-up in the Arabian Gulf Cup last month, losing to Saudi Arabia 0-2 in the final match.
The team is led by Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic, who previously coached Al Ain, and who was appointed last August to succeed Romanian Elario Cosmin.
Iraq and Lebanon tied 0-0, on Friday, in the opening of the Basra International Friendly Football Championship, on Friday, at the Basra International Stadium.
Four teams are participating in the tournament, which coincides with the international break: Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq.
Lebanon almost surprised Iraq with an early goal, had it not been for goalkeeper Kamil Saadi’s crossbar, which stopped striker Leonardo Shaheen’s attempt after he received a ball from Hassan Kaafrani (6).
Marco Faraj wasted an opportunity for Iraq with a strong shot that passed over goalkeeper Mustafa Matar (13), before he repeated the attempt with a similar shot that was caught by the goalkeeper (27).
While Iraqi captain Ayman Hussein celebrated playing in his 100th international match, he was unsuccessful in two successive attempts within 10 minutes, after he shot the ball that he received from Ahmed Yahya into the hands of the Lebanese goalkeeper (28), and then he finished an Iraqi attack achieved between Matar’s palms.
The match was an ideal opportunity for Iraq's Australian coach, Graham Arnold, and Lebanon's Algerian coach, Majeed Bouqra, to test a new group of players.
Ahmed Ayed, who played his first official international match, almost scored the first goal for Iraq, but the rebound from Lebanon's goalkeeper Matar after Zidane Iqbal's shot went past the post (67).
Lebanese substitute Ali Kassas was alone in the Iraq goal (70), but his shot passed by Camille Saadi's goal post.
Zidane Iqbal tried his luck again, manipulating Lebanon's defense line, but his ground ball passed the left post of goalkeeper Matar's goal (76).
Younis Hammoud, the top scorer in the Iraqi League, in his first international match, faced Matar's goal one minute before the end of the match, but he wasted the opportunity after playing it strong and the goalkeeper saved it with his foot, before Matar repeated it in the first minute of counted time instead of stoppage time.
